Editor's blog
Help crowdsource a Twitter guide for council people
With its strange jargon, and @ and #, Twitter might be seen as exclusive, and many local government people are nervous about joining up. So I’m asking those who tweet to help put together a guide for their peers.
All change at the top
In the past seven working days there have been no fewer than ten job announcements at senior level. Who are they and what does it mean?
A crowdsourced person spec for future chiefs
What skills and attributes will the chiefs and senior officers of tomorrow require? I asked local government people on Twitter to help compile a list
DCLG must play fair with figures
The department has criticised LGC’s coverage of its latest spending data. Read my response
DCLG cuts
I wrote about the spending cuts facing DCLG and local government for the House magazine last November. I thought I’d share my (now slightly historic) piece.
The transparency agenda: LGC's editorial line
In a recent contribution to the Conservative Home website, one blogger got hot under the collar about reaction to DCLG publishing all spending over £500 – and LGC’s coverage of the story. Always a fan of transparency, it struck me that I should be open about LGC’s approach and our editorial line.
Election night at The Hub, Kings Cross
LGC editor Emma Maier watched the events unfold with LGC’s deputy editor (news) Dan Drillsma-Milgrom and the chaps from Future Gov.
